Uber Manila will now accept cash payment!

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Uber Manila will now accept cash as a mode of payment! Good news to all of my fellow co-partners, Uber Manila just announced that start...

Uber Manila will now accept cash as a mode of payment!

Good news to all of my fellow co-partners, Uber Manila just announced that starting by next week, Uber Manila will roll out a cash experiment program, this means partners can now accept cash payments starting October 26, 2015.

This is a good news, this will increase the market and as well as ridership for Uber Manila Partners. Please watch the video below for more details about the cash payment for Uber Manila.

The video introduces to partners about how you can accept cash payment in Uber Manila. This is a training video for partners on how to accept cash payment in Uber Manila.

Things to remember:

- Green screen means the rider chose the cash payment option.
- If the trip will go through a toll payment, never ask for an extra cash for the toll, it will be automatically placed on the total fare.
- Always make sure that you have enough cash for the change.
- If the box is colored grey, it means the rider chose credit card as payment.

Well there you go! At last our prayers are answered! Uber On guys and looking forward for this new enhancement next week!

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What a disappointment. The reason why I love taking uber is because it's cashless. Soon, you will have drivers that will probably cancel your request just because you opted for a credit card payment. Boo uber Manila.

No need to worry about that, as partners/drivers won't see what's your mode of payment til they accept the request. Plus drivers having many cancelled request will be deactivated :) so riders are still safe from abusers. And if you encounter one, we advise that you report them immediately

I'm a Rider. But I worry for the Drivers more than us Riders with this new scheme. Riders can abuse this by not paying cash, coupled with a threat of negative feedback if the Driver fights back. Cashless transactions ensure that exchange of service and payment is secure and fair between both parties. I'm not so sure if that will be preserved with this new payment scheme.

Thanks for your opinion we appreciate your concerns for us drivers. But don't fret as Uber Manila will surely do something about security for its partners just what like they did in UK, before they activate a rider account the rider should provide a national ID if they don't have a credit card, plus they also need to provide another source of payment like paypal and google wallet. We are pretty sure that Uber Manila will have an extra steps for the partner's safety.

Thanks for replying! May we know exactly what these extra measures are to protect the Drivers? I just also thought of a scenario wherein a Rider might have underestimated the cash he/she has with him/her. What happens if the Rider fails to pay the Driver the correct fare?

Maybe instead of forcing Partners to accept cash payments. There should be a switch for Partners to toggle if they want cash Riders to be referred to them or not. Uber should just then give incentives to those who choose to get referred to cash paying Riders.

How to use cash payment? My Uber is up to date but in payment options, there's no cash payment. I'm using my debit card and my card has no cash already. I want to use cash payment for Uber but I can't find the option and can't book a ride. Help please

Instead of cash, why not accept debit cards instead. It is so easy to open an account. You only need PhP100 to open and maintain your account. If a rider is not able to get this kind of account, chances are, he will not have the cash/ capability to pay for his ride. If the debit balance is insufficient, Uber will know it and will have solid proof that the rider indeed didn't have enough money to pay for his ride. Unlike the cash payment scheme, how would Uber know that the rider did not pay the whole amount? Just trust the driver's report?

For me.. If uber would like to increase the riders i think it would be better to allow riders to use their atm/debit cards than cash coz almost every person in metro manila that are working have a atm/debit cards. And 1 more thing i think it would be a threat to the security of both riders and drivers..